Birth attendant supervises deliveries on benches
Lack of hospital beds at the Subriso number one CHPS compound in the Tano North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region is a great worry to pregnant women in the predominantly farming community, Mr Francis Dakurah, an enrolled nurse in-charge of the facility said on Monday.
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He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Subriso number one that because of the situation, deliveries were supervised on benches.
The facility has no midwife and a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in the area is engaged to supervise delivery, he added.
Mr Dakurah said this after Mrs Freda Prempeh, Member of Parliament for Tano North Constituency officially handed over the facility, she renovated at the cost of GHC15,000 to the community.
He explained that the Out Patient Department attendance had increased making it difficult for staffs to attend to pregnant women in labour, since the facility had no bed.
Mr Dakurah said the only health center in the area was situated at Adrobaa some few kilometers away, but because of the deplorable nature of the Adrobaa-Subriso road, it was difficult to transport pregnant women to the center for delivery.
He said the facility was also lacking in furniture and the source of drinking water was questionable, while the lighting system was very bad, and appealed to the MP, Tano North District Assembly and other Non-Governmental Organisation to come to their aid.
Mrs Prempeh expressed shocked and pledged to furnish the facility with some hospital beds as soon as possible.
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She advised the people to promote proper hygiene by ensuring that they wash their hands with soap before and after meals.
Dr Yakubu Bayayinah, Tano North District Director of Health, commended the MP for her support in promoting quality healthcare delivery in the area.
He noted that with the support of the MP, the Dwenase and Mankraho CHPS compounds were operating while the Subonpan CHPS compound would start operating soon.
Dr Bayayinah said headaches, vomiting and feverish were some of the immediate symptoms of the Ebola virus and advised the people to go for medical examination when they experience such signs.
The District Director said though the virus had not been detected in the country, there was the need for Ghanaians to put precautionary measures in place.